Clasp.



G. H. NEARING.

CLASP.

APPLICATION mum DEO.17, 1010.

Patented Sept. 26,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. NEARING, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO NORTH & JUDDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1910.

Patented'Sept. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 597,927.

To all whom it may concern' Be it known that I, GEORGE H. NEARING, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county ofHartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clasps, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to an improved clasp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved clasp with the two detachable parts thereof assembled as inuse. Fig. 2 is a section of the twoparts in the position shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar View, the position of the parts beingchanged. Fig. 1 is a detail view of one of the parts somewhat enlarged.Fig. 5 is a detail view of the companion part to Fig. 4 somewhatenlarged.

1 represents what I may term the anchorage plate, the same beingpreferably formed of sheet metal bent up to provide a hook-likeportion 1. Previous to bending up the hook portion 1 the metal isindentedon the inner side to provide the recesses 3--3, best seen inFig. 3. These recesses occur preferably substantially midway in thewidth of the plate 1 and hook-bill l 1 is a loop preferablymade of wire,the two ends of the wire being brought together and ofiset in oppositedirections as indicated at 5-5. These offset portions are so located andof such size that they will enter the recesses 33 when the parts areassembled in the holding position. The ofiset portions are so directedthat to detach the loop 4 from the plate 1, it is necessary to turn saidloop .at an angle relatively thereto so that said offset portions willpass flatwise through the space underneath the hook-bill 1, said spacebeing only suflicient to permit of the passage of the oifset portion ofthe loop when the parts are held in an angular relation, as shown, forexample, in Fig. 3.

6 represents a wire loop which may be secured to the anchorage plate tobalance the loop 4 and to furnish one of the many convenient means thatmight be provided to receive one end of the belt, or article, to whichthe clasp is to be applied. It is obvious that in operation, so long asthere is the slightest tension upon the article, the ends of which areconnected by the clasp, it would be impossible for said clasp members tobecome disengaged, and yet when it is the intention to disengage saidparts, that act may be very easily and quickly accomplished in themanner above referred to.

What I claim is:

A clamp comprising a hook-shaped anchorage plate, two recesses in thetop and bottom of said hook and opening into said hook, a loop memberformed of wire, the ends of the wire forming a bar to enter the hookterminating at points adjacent said recesses and being offset inopposite directions to enter said recesses,

GEORGE H. NEARING.

Witnesses WM. F. TROY, ALFRED W. WILLOUGHBY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

